CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here announced yesterday that the 20 Sangguniang Kabataan Federations (SKF) of Pampanga has backed the agency’s greening and garbage management programs.
In a press statement, the DENR in Central Luzon said the support of the SKFs “is a major boost in government’s solid waste management drive since the enactment of the Ecological Solid Waste Management law eight years ago.”
Antonio Principe, executive director of DENR in Central Luzon, said 147 SK officials in Pampanga signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DENR supporting the Green Philippines Program (GPP) and the its ecological solid waste management program.
“These young leaders of Pampanga have committed to help us in the rehabilitating denuded forestlands and renewing urban areas by organizing province-wide tree planting activities,” he said.
Principe added that SK officials are also aggressively campaigning for reduced garbage generation, waste segregation, recycling and composting.
Under the MOA, “the Provincial SK Federation shall actively participate in the greening program of the DENR and shall establish mini-forest park in every village in Pampanga to help identify suitable areas and tree species for the establishment of mini-forest plantations.”
Pampanga SK Federation president John Eric Tumang vowed to “lead by example” and mobilize at least half million Kapampangan youngsters, mostly SK’s young constituents, in the government’s campaign to protect and conserve the environment and natural resources in Pampanga.
Statistics shows about 30 percent of the country’s total population belongs to the youth sector aged 15-30 years old.
At an average daily waste generation rate of half-a-kilo per person, Central Luzon’s nine million people could produce 4,500 tons of garbage a day, enough to create mountains of garbage in a year.
Perla Collado of the DENR public affairs office said “the protection and conservation of the environment is a shared responsibility of everyone living on this planet.”
She said Mother Nature has been kind to us, and that the country has been bestowed with so much natural bounty. “It is time to return the favor by simply doing a lifestyle check and looking for creative ways to minimize our ecological imprints.”
Collado also added that the SK has a seat in the Solid Waste Management Board at the municipal or city level based on Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
“This would give the youth sector enormous opportunity to put into use the youth sector’s youthful energy, resourcefulness and creative talent in addressing local garbage management concerns,” she said.
The solid waste management board is responsible for ensuring the viability and effective implementation of solid waste management programs in its component barangays. It also recommends measures and safeguards against pollution and for the preservation of the natural ecosystem.
In a press statement, the DENR in Central Luzon said the support of the SKFs “is a major boost in government’s solid waste management drive since the enactment of the Ecological Solid Waste Management law eight years ago.”
Antonio Principe, executive director of DENR in Central Luzon, said 147 SK officials in Pampanga signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DENR supporting the Green Philippines Program (GPP) and the its ecological solid waste management program.
“These young leaders of Pampanga have committed to help us in the rehabilitating denuded forestlands and renewing urban areas by organizing province-wide tree planting activities,” he said.
Principe added that SK officials are also aggressively campaigning for reduced garbage generation, waste segregation, recycling and composting.
Under the MOA, “the Provincial SK Federation shall actively participate in the greening program of the DENR and shall establish mini-forest park in every village in Pampanga to help identify suitable areas and tree species for the establishment of mini-forest plantations.”
Pampanga SK Federation president John Eric Tumang vowed to “lead by example” and mobilize at least half million Kapampangan youngsters, mostly SK’s young constituents, in the government’s campaign to protect and conserve the environment and natural resources in Pampanga.
Statistics shows about 30 percent of the country’s total population belongs to the youth sector aged 15-30 years old.
At an average daily waste generation rate of half-a-kilo per person, Central Luzon’s nine million people could produce 4,500 tons of garbage a day, enough to create mountains of garbage in a year.
Perla Collado of the DENR public affairs office said “the protection and conservation of the environment is a shared responsibility of everyone living on this planet.”
She said Mother Nature has been kind to us, and that the country has been bestowed with so much natural bounty. “It is time to return the favor by simply doing a lifestyle check and looking for creative ways to minimize our ecological imprints.”
Collado also added that the SK has a seat in the Solid Waste Management Board at the municipal or city level based on Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
“This would give the youth sector enormous opportunity to put into use the youth sector’s youthful energy, resourcefulness and creative talent in addressing local garbage management concerns,” she said.
The solid waste management board is responsible for ensuring the viability and effective implementation of solid waste management programs in its component barangays. It also recommends measures and safeguards against pollution and for the preservation of the natural ecosystem.
